Sidste år foreslog Enhedslisten at gøre tandpleje til en offentlig opgave. Det kunne være, at Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen og resten af hendes folketingsgruppe burde tage på studietur til Storbritannien for at se nogle af konsekvenserne ved et sådant system.
A grandmother performed her own tooth extractions in despair after being turned away by 12 dentists. Elizabeth Green, 76, was in agony with two front teeth and after a fruitless search for an NHS practitioner, resorted to DIY. Her case is the latest of many to highlight the dwindling availability of NHS dental treatment. [...]
“I feel so angry,” she said. “I’ve worked all my life and paid taxes and then when I need help I can’t get it.”
